Firefighting is dangerous enough without your two-way radio failing behind collapsed walls or in smoke-filled buildings. That's why the DoD has developed the a new disposable router system, dubbed WISPER, that may one day replace traditional radios.

I would never condone shooting any living creature in the head with a laser gun, especially not a helpless little pooch like the one you see above, but on the other hand I'm not going apologize for finding Art Lebedev's concept dog leash a little bit clever. (And, OK, disclaimer: I'm a cat person! There!) The handle…

This is much cooler than the one we built for ourselves when we were kids out of a pack of chewing gum, a rotary phone, our dad's tie, and an Atari 2600. The Star Trek 40th Anniversary Phaser looks quite similar to the original prop Shatner and Nimoy were pointing at each other—inbetween rounds of making out, if the…